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21st Century Fox’s First Logo Fixes What Wasn’t Broken

The logo is a volatile instrument. It can do more harm than good if it’s introduced the wrong way, or with too much fanfare, or with too much self-congratulation (remember the Gap debacle?). Which might explain why the unveiling of 21st Century Fox’s first identity, yesterday afternoon, could’ve easily slipped under the radar.


How Apple Just Avoided Paying $9.2 Billion In Tax

When you’re a company as big as Apple, saving on tax bills is important — especially when they’re in the billions. Fortunately, its team of accountants has just managed to save it a cool $US9.2 billion.


Jawbone’s Acquisition Of BodyMedia Is (Sadly) All About Patents

Like the smartphone patent wars of yesterday, there’s a new arms race happening, and it’s all about wearables. Similar to the spats going on between Google, Apple, Microsoft and smartphone makers, it won’t matter to me or you. At least not anytime soon.


Jawbone Syncs Up With 10 New Partners, Acquires BodyMedia

Jawbone is acquiring BodyMedia, makers of health-monitoring armbands, for over $US100 million. No further details have been made public about the deal.


Should The .Amazon Domain Belong To The Company Or The River?

Amazon is busy trying to gobble up all kinds of top-level domains — .book, .read, you name it — but it also has its eye on .amazon too. Turns out that the Brazilian and Peruvian governments have something to say about that though and would rather snag it for the famous river.


The Same Company That Bought Digg Just Bought Instapaper [Updated]

Betaworks, the company that rescued Digg from the toilet, has just bought a majority stake in Instapaper from Marco Arment. The biggest question is what will become of Instapaper, which rose to the top amongst the many bookmarking/mobile reader apps because of its superior design and engineering.


What M&M, A&W And Other Acronyms And Initialisms Really Mean

As small businesses grow into large corporations, their identities and branding grow, evolve and often end up being a mish-mash of various names. A similar thing is done for companies named after their founders, so the folks at Mental Floss did their homework and discovered what several popular acronyms actually stand for.


A Look Inside Afghanistan’s Almost-Apple Store

Fake Apple stores are nothing new. China has a slew of them, all polished and shiny, appearing almost as if they are the genuine article at a glance. Quartz dug up some details on Afghanistan’s (fake) Apple store, and although it’s a bit more frumpy than most, it still gets the job done.


The Only Thing Apple Really Sells

A recent Wall Street Journal article posits an interesting question: Is Apple a hardware company or a software company? Does it sell iPhones or iClouds? The answer has deep implications for how analysts evaluate the company’s worth. It’s framed as an identity crisis, one with deep, dangerous implications for the most dominant consumer electronics company in the world. There is much gnashing of teeth.


Razer Will Honour Unauthorised 90% Off Voucher At Huge Loss

This is only a Dealzmodo in the past tense. Razer just said it’s going to honour purchases made with a third-party voucher that went viral this week, which gave users 90 per cent off on the Razer UK store. That’s kind of astounding.


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